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Linux vs. Windows game performance

location: linuxquestions.com - date: January 13, 2004
I'm curious, has anyone benchmarked, on the same computer, say UT2003 or Quake 3 Windows vs. Linux? If so, was there a major performance difference?

LXer: Open source Game Editor for Linux and Windows

location: linuxquestions.com - date: October 15, 2009
Published at LXer:
Game Editor provides a graphical game development environment for Windows (95 to Vista), Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.5 and Linux. The software is distributed under a dual licensing model - the source code is available under version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GPLv3), but can - after being compiled by the user - only be used to develop open source games.
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Linux game idea, Windows invaders

location: linuxquestions.com - date: February 11, 2004
I was thinking about the cool Windows game, Chicken invaders, which is a space invaders clone, and thought that someone aught to write a game for Linux called "Windows invaders". And, of course, the space invaders would be windows.

I need a good turnbased miltary strategy game, Windows or Linux

location: ubuntuforums.com - date: September 28, 2007
I need a new game, and I'm open to suggestions.
The big requirement is that it's turn-based. I've played lots of RTS games lately, be it Starcraft or AOE, etc., and while I am looking forward to Starcraft II I would like to get something turn-based so I can really think ahead and actually use some strategery.
Civ III is still one of my favorite games of all time, though I'm looking for something more military based. As the title suggests, I can go for something either on Windows or Linux.
What do you guys like?
EDIT: I'm aware of the new port of Axis & Allies - I haven't tried that yet though I'm a big fan of the board games. (We've got darn near all of the versions..)

Java game using lots of CPU on MacBooks but not Linux or Windows

location: linuxexchange.com - date: March 9, 2015
I'm making a Java game for all platforms using the Java awt libraries but I've run into an issue - the game has very poor FPS on all Macbook Pros it's been run on, but runs fine on Linux and Windows machines. Using the activity monitor I can see that the game is using almost 100% of the CPU while running on the Macs, but barely any on the Windows machine. Has anyone come across this issue and solved it?
Here's the main game loop, commenting out Thread.sleep(waitTime); doesn't improve it, which was my first thought:
while(running){
startTime = System.nanoTime();
update();
render();
draw();
urdTime = (System.nanoTime() - startTime) /1000000;
waitTime = targetTime - urdTime;
try{
Thread.sleep(waitTime);
}
catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
EDIT: breaking everything down to work out where the bottleneck was, the function that is taking up too much time (around 0

C++ game library for development in Linux and Windows at the same time [closed]

location: linuxexchange.com - date: January 1, 1970
I want to write a simple game in C++ using graphical library. I want to be able to play the game in Linux. However, right now I do not have access to my Linux machine, instead I am on a computer that is running Windows.
I know there are an awful lot of C++ libraries for writing games. However, what is most important for me is that when I write the game in C++, I would be able to compile and execute its files also in Linux. For instance, in Windows, I use Dev C++ and there are a few examples using the OpenGL library. However, all of these examples begin with
#include <windows.h>
#include <gl/gl.h>
which means I would not be able to compile in the Linux envirnoment.
On my current Windows computer, I have Cygwin(a Linux emulator) on my machine as well.
I have two questions:
1) Would you advice me using Cygwin to avoid any possible problems related to the transition from Windows to Linux?
**2)**What library would you advice me to use so that I can compile my code at Linu

Linux game idea, Windows invaders

location: linuxquestions.com - date: February 11, 2004
I was thinking about the cool Windows game, Chicken invaders, which is a space invaders clone, and thought that someone aught to write a game for Linux called "Windows invaders". And, of course, the space invaders would be windows.

Arch Linux vs Windows 7

location: ubuntuforums.com - date: April 12, 2011
Hey guys,
Every once in a while, I'll look at a Linux distro and get urges to install it. In the past, I've used Ubuntu (both gnome and kde) quite a bit so I think I could handle using Arch Linux from what I've seen. Actually, I've even virtualboxed it and had no problem!
However, I wanted my desktop to remain windows (basically for gaming). But right now I'm on a laptop I use for just about anything. The problem is that while it is my laptop, my girlfriend uses this quite a bit as well. I'm getting super urges to install Arch Linux, but I want to justify that urge to her! A lot of the reason is because I completely optimize and "pimp out" any OS I have, so this Windows is actually super nice looking and quite fast (as fast as windows can get I guess.)
I'm basically wondering what some of you power users think about Arch Linux vs Windows 7 directly. Is there any sort of speed test out there, and what is the compatibility of certain laptop devices that come with it (such as

Ubuntu Linux & Windows 7 Dual Boot or just use Windows in a Virtual Machine?

location: linuxquestions.com - date: June 11, 2013
I'm looking at making the switch from a laptop with Windows 7 to one with Ubuntu Linux (my HP Pavilion is dying a slow but unrepairable hardware death) but I have a couple programs I'm probably going to have to run with Windows. A few games I'd like to keep but mostly my Scrivener novel writing program that only has a glitchy beta version for Linux, plus I already own the Windows version and can put it on a second machine. Disclaimer: I've never actually used Linux. At all. But because I frequently have to live off public WiFi due to travel, I'd rather have something more secure, and nothing makes a writer swear more than having to do a hard restart in the middle of a chain of thought because of a freeze.
I'm looking at a System 76 Pangolin Performance laptop which comes with Ubuntu installed. I can get a legit copy of Windows 7 relatively inexpensively. So my questions are: 1) Do I need dual boot? Or will most things run ok in a virtual machine? Since my writing program integrates

Dual Booting Various Linux Distro Windows

location: linux.com - date: November 25, 2012
Hello everyone! Im fairly new to Linux and I have purchased a load of new Distros. I will be installing quite a few on friends and families laptops and I just wondered which of the following Distros I have will and will not allow you to install the Linux OS alongside windows automatically (i.e when installing it gives you the option to boot alongside windows)...
I don't want to risk wiping the Windows OS so Im a bit anxious to just go ahead and install them and also I dont want to have to set up partitions and install GRUB etc manually?
Arch Linux Core Dual 19.08.11
Qimo 2.0
Centos 6.2
Debian 6.0
Ubuntu 12.1
Fedora 17
Mint 13 Mate
OpenSuse 12.2 KDE
PCLinuxOS Full Monty KDE
Knoppix 6.7.1
Ultimate Edition
Many thanks
Kelvin